Model 1 Flashcards
What is an Esthetician?
An esthetician provides temporary results
What is a Medical Aesthetician?
provides more permanent solutions to skincare concerns.
What is a contraindication?
is a condition which makes skin care treatment inadviceable.
What is photosensitivity medication?
drugs that cause moderate to severe skin reactions. similar to a bad sunburn.
What specific protein filament is found in hair?
Keratin
This layer produces sweat and oil.
Dermis
In what phase do hair follicles shrink and hair growth slows down?
Catagen
What is Alopecia?
Occurs when the body’s immune system attacks healthy hair follicles and hair loss occurs.
What is the Dermis?
The large layer of skin, full of collagen and elastin fibers gives your skin strength and firmness.
What is the thickest part of the epidermis?
Stratum spinosum
What is the medulla?
only present in thicker hair types, is the innermost layer of your hair. It consists of a soft, thin core of transparent cells and air spaces.
What is Telogen Effluvium?
a condition that accelerates hair from the anagen phase to the telogen phase and then the exogen phase 2-3 times faster than normal hair loss.
Is the translucent layer of tissue that exists only on the palms of the hand and soles of the feet.
Stratum Lucidum
The bottom layer of the skin contains fat, nerves, and large blood vessels. Acts as our temp regulator, as fat insulates the body.
Hypodermis Layer (subcutaneous tissue)
